Fantastic, hyper-realistic sculptures of customized life forms are featured in Hug, the first U.S. survey of work by Australian artist Patricia Piccinini. Informed by recent advances in and complex questions raised by genetic research, Piccinini’s sculptures, photographs, and video installations examine the precarious relationships among animals, nature, science, and technology.

This catalogue includes essays by Rachel Kent, Senior Curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney and by Patricia Piccinini as well as a list of exhibition artworks and bibliography and biography of the artist coordinated by Randy White.

42 pages, 18 color illustrations

11.5 x 9.5 in

Softcover, 2005

Limited Edition of 1, 000

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